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Pre-Columbian Urbanism, Anthropogenic Landscapes, and the Future of the Amazon by Heckenberger, Michael J, Russell, J. Christian, Fausto, Carlos, Toney, Joshua R, Schmidt, Morgan J, Pereira, Edithe, Franchetto, Bruna, Kuikuro, Afukaka

“…The archaeology of pre-Columbian polities in the Amazon River basin forces a reconsideration of early urbanism and long-term change in tropical forest…”
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The legacy of cultural landscapes in the Brazilian Amazon: implications for biodiversity by Heckenberger, Michael J, Christian Russell, J, Toney, Joshua R, Schmidt, Morgan J

“…For centuries Amazonia has held the Western scientific and popular imagination as a primordial forest, only minimally impacted by small, simple and dispersed…”
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Fast Response of Amazon Rivers to Quaternary Climate Cycles by Goldberg, Samuel L., Schmidt, Morgan J., Perron, J. Taylor

“…Large alluvial rivers transport water and sediment across continents and shape lowland landscapes. Repeated glacial cycles have dominated Earth's recent…”
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Widespread Amazonian dark earth in the Xingu Indigenous Territory by Goldberg, Samuel L., Schmidt, Morgan J., Himmelstein, Joshua D., Heckenberger, Michael, Franchetto, Bruna, Lima, Helena, Watling, Jennifer, Moraes, Bruno, Dorshow, Wetherbee B., Fausto, Carlos, Waura, Kumessi, Kuikuro, Huke, Kuikuro, Taku Wate, Kuikuro, Afukaka, Perron, J. Taylor

“…Amazonian dark earth (ADE) is highly nutrient- and carbon-rich soil created by past inhabitants of the Amazon. It would be valuable to know the extent of ADE…”
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Intentional creation of carbon-rich dark earth soils in the Amazon by Schmidt, Morgan J, Goldberg, Samuel L, Heckenberger, Michael, Fausto, Carlos, Franchetto, Bruna, Watling, Jennifer, Lima, Helena, Moraes, Bruno, Dorshow, Wetherbee B, Toney, Joshua, Kuikuro, Yamalui, Waura, Kumessi, Kuikuro, Huke, Kuikuro, Taku Wate, Kuikuro, Takumã, Kuikuro, Yahila, Kuikuro, Afukaka, Teixeira, Wenceslau, Rocha, Bruna, Honorato, Vinicius, Tavares, Hugo, Magalhães, Marcos, Barbosa, Carlos Augusto, da Fonseca, João Aires, Mendes, Kelton, Alleoni, Luís Reynaldo Ferracciú, Cerri, Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino, Arroyo-Kalin, Manuel, Neves, Eduardo, Perron, J Taylor

“…Fertile soil known as Amazonian dark earth is central to the debate over the size and ecological impact of ancient human populations in the Amazon. Dark earth…”
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Results from Pilot Archaeological Fieldwork at the Carrazedo Site, Lower Xingu River, Amazonia by Browne Ribeiro, Anna T., Lima, Helena P., Marques, Fernando L. T., Schmidt, Morgan J., McDaniel, Kevin S.

“…Increasingly, archaeological research in Amazonia is revealing complex precolonial occupation in areas around riverine confluences. In 2014, the first…”
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Reconstructing tropical nature: Prehistoric and modern anthrosols (terra preta) in the Amazon rainforest, Upper Xingu River, Brazil by Schmidt, Morgan J

“…This project investigates the formation of prehistoric anthrosols known as terra preta in Brazil. Terra preta soils were formed by human activities and mark…”
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Dark earths and the human built landscape in Amazonia: a widespread pattern of anthrosol formation by Schmidt, Morgan J., Rapp Py-Daniel, Anne, de Paula Moraes, Claide, Valle, Raoni B.M., Caromano, Caroline F., Texeira, Wenceslau G., Barbosa, Carlos A., Fonseca, João A., Magalhães, Marcos P., Silva do Carmo Santos, Daniel, da Silva e Silva, Renan, Guapindaia, Vera L., Moraes, Bruno, Lima, Helena P., Neves, Eduardo G., Heckenberger, Michael J.

“…Ancient anthrosols known as Amazonian dark earths or terra preta are part of the human built landscape and often represent valuable landscape capital for…”
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Reconstructing tropical nature: Prehistoric and modern anthrosols (terra preta) in the Amazon rainforest, Upper Xingu River, Brazil by Schmidt, Morgan J

“…This project investigates the formation of prehistoric anthrosols known as terra preta in Brazil. Terra preta soils were formed by human activities and mark…”
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